This Summoner Is Too Powerful-Chapter 423 - 362: Then I Won’t Be Polite Anymore
This situation had happened before on Taiji Snailshell and Godzilla Thorns.
That is, when the amount of relevant materials is too high, it doesn’t completely disappear after being "touched" by him, only partially consumed.
"This trick is quite useful."
"I feel like if I encounter any large magic beasts in the future, there is no need for a frontal confrontation."
"As long as I have enough money, I can directly strip the skills away."
Experiment successful, Li Pu was quite satisfied.
"Hey, I seem to have discovered something."
Just then, Long Ren circled around the big dragon head and returned.
"Tell me."
Li Pu felt that he had gotten what he wanted, and his mood was very good.
"This big guy doesn’t seem to be a dragon."
Long Ren delivered unexpected news.
"This is impossible."
Li Pu shook his head at this.
The learning conditions on [Wind Thunder Roar] clearly stated that a dragon-attributed magnetic field and dragon species were needed.
This point proves that this guy is definitely a dragon.
Not sure what basis Long Ren had for reaching this conclusion.
"If you don’t believe me, come with me."
Long Ren gestured to Li Pu to follow him.
So the two almost went around in a big circle and arrived at the back of the big dragon head.
"Look."
Long Ren pointed above, exactly at the top of the big dragon head.
There, Li Pu saw two large bulges.
"It has no horns, this is the best proof."
Long Ren had read a lot of information about dragons, so he indeed had a strong voice on the matter.
Magic beasts with dragon bloodlines and dragon magic beasts actually have fundamentally different distinctions.
There are two defining factors between the two, and these two factors are inevitably linked and appear simultaneously.
The first is the proportion of dragon attributes.
Only when the dragon-attributed magnetic field exceeds 50% can this species be classified as a dragon.
The second is having a clearly defined dragon horn on the head.
"This..."
When Long Ren said this, Li Pu was puzzled too.
Judging by this saying, he immediately checked the Dragon Lady Tree in the storage space.
Indeed, he saw a pair of dragon horns, which, in the unknown circumstances, could easily be seen as just tree branches.
Then comparing the Half-Dragon and Fire Clamp Scorpion.
The magnetic field of Fire Clamp Scorpion is 7 Fire, 2 Earth, and 1 Dragon.
There are no dragon features to be found on it; the dragon attribute proportion is only 10%, meaning it can only be classified as having dragon bloodline.
While the magnetic field of Half-Dragon is 5 Dragon, 5 Fire, with scales on the body, and small bulges on the head.
This means it only needs to evolve one step further in the dragon attribute direction to truly be classified as a dragon.
By then, it would no longer be a Half-Dragon but a Dragon Person.
Li Pu wouldn’t question Long Ren’s credibility regarding dragons.
Nor would he question the information obtained from relevant materials.
So, this matter is quite puzzling.
Then he straightforwardly told Long Ren about the [Mind Dragon] card.
"This..."
After hearing it, Long Ren fell into deep thought.
He held his chin, frowning tightly, and stood like this for ten minutes.
During the period, aside from occasionally tapping on his watch for inquiries, he basically maintained this posture.
Li Pu wisely didn’t disturb, instead walking over to supervise the scarecrow.
As long as he managed this troublemaking leader, it wouldn’t cause havoc with other summoned beasts.
After a while, a face full of excitement came running from Long Ren.
"We’re making a big profit with this! We’re making a big profit with this!"
He grabbed Li Pu’s shoulder.
"I’ve checked the information and thought of the answer!"
Then he told Li Pu his complete and detailed speculation.
Dragon magic beasts are very similar to turtle magic beasts; both are longevity species.
But compared with turtle magic beasts, dragon magic beasts go through a long and obvious aging process.
During this process, they slowly deteriorate from their prime state, with the rank gradually falling along with it.
This dragon’s horns show symptoms of regression, which is the best proof of its entrance into the aging period.
Of course, they also have the ability to return to the peak and maintain it for a short time when necessary, though that would accelerate aging.
This way, Li Pu got the answer to the earlier puzzle.
Why, despite possessing A+ level dragon scales, this big dragon is merely an A-level magic beast.
As for those white masses, that is the appearance of Mind Dragon, which is also a matter related to the dragon aging process.
That’s when entering the aging period, dragon beasts, to slow down this speed, would exclude certain desires from their bodies in the form of Minds.
This desire could be for money and treasure, for eating, or for **, but in general, it depends on what this dragon likes the most.
Once separated from the body, the Mind becomes an independent entity, though it won’t stray too far from the body.
During this process, the Mind might use external forces to grow, possibly even retaliating against the original host to take over its body, turning into a completely irrational, desire-driven berserk magic beast.
To prevent this from happening, the original host would beforehand break up those Minds to slow down their growth rate.
Alternatively, they might seek external help to destroy the Minds.
But ordinary dragons wouldn’t choose the second method because they have some sentiments for their Minds; hence the frequent method is breaking up.
And the big white mass they encountered might have formed during the breakup process as individual large entities or re-formed from consuming small Mind fragments through various means, or perhaps grown large enough on its own.
But judging from Li Pu obtaining a [Mind Dragon] card after dealing with so many white masses, Long Ren believed it’s the third possibility mentioned above.
Because while passing through the white mass layer, Li Pu didn’t kill all the Mind fragments.
Yet upon slaying the large white mass, he gathered the complete card quantity, indicating that the Mind fragment quantity in the current abyss trench has exceeded the initial "1 Dragon" quantity.
This surplus quantity could only come from self-growth.
In any case, if unattended, the end result would be the mighty Mind Dragon trying to retaliate against the original host; whether the original host can withstand it depends on fate.
Currently, the most important thing is, deep sleep is a common method dragons use to resist the aging period.
Meaning, if they gently pluck a few scales now, this dragon would not wake up at all.
"I didn’t think you would be so useful."
Getting this news, Li Pu patted Long Ren on the shoulder.
At this point, he finally remembered to have the scarecrow use the watch connecting to the school trading station to check the value of dragon scales.
[Guardian Beast Scale, A+ level cultivation material]
[Trading station price, 200000 Crystal Coins per scale]
"Wicked!"
Seeing this price, Li Pu and Long Ren’s eyes gleamed.
200,000 per scale, what a wicked price.
If they had known about this thing’s existence earlier, they wouldn’t have bothered striving through the card game, just dismantling two scales would’ve sufficed!
"I heard dragon scales are pricey due to their wide use and rarity."
"But I didn’t anticipate it being this expensive..."
Long Ren’s tone carried a slight tremble.
Looking now, it seemed this big dragon wasn’t growing scales but was full of Crystal Coins!
"What are you waiting for, let’s get moving."
Despite Li Pu having held tens of thousands of Crystal Coins before, he felt this guy was somewhat inexperienced.
So he strode forward and exerted force, but was a bit dumbfounded.
The dragon scale didn’t budge, extremely tough!
"These two young guys are really naīve."
Teacher Bai, hidden nearby, smiled when witnessing this scene.
She admitted, Long Ren had some skills, managing to deduce nearly the whole truth.
For merely a first-year student having such analytical ability, commendable indeed.
But regardless of how strongly both partners and summoned beasts worked together, prying off the dragon scales still seemed like a dream.
In fact, just as she expected, no matter the joint efforts of the two and the summoned beasts, they couldn’t shake any dragon scales even a tiny bit.
"Seems some methods are needed."
Li Pu thought for a moment, saying this.
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